Road Tests

Editor’s Note: We’re fortunate to have an active riding correspondent in India. A year ago (March, 2006) he sent this report on the Royal Enfield Bullet. I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance to post his material. In one short year Royal Enfield discontinued that particular model, but there are other similar models […]

HARLEY-DAVIDSON UNLEASHES ROCKER AND DYNA FAT BOB105th Anniversary Models and ABS Option for FL and VRSC Models for 2008 MILWAUKEE (July 9, 2007) – Harley-Davidson takes factory-custom motorcycle design to a new extreme with the introduction of three radically styled new models. The Dyna Fat Bob, the Rocker and the Rocker C are additions to

My wife and I aboard the K-9. WE tortured this bad boy for over 340 miles, read below. Road tests are always my personal favorite articles to read and write. To me, they are the most useful and easy to read articles. For the most part, you don’t need an extreme technical knowledge of motorcycle

Click here for more Redneck Engineering Info. I kept hearing you can’t use a cool looking custom Bagger the same way you can use a standard H-D. They are just a bar hoppers with bags. Where’s the luggage rack or trunk? The engine is too big. The rear tire is too wide. It’s too pretty.

This is one of the close-ups of the new diamond cut engines BDM is supplying for the new blacked-out K-9.Big Dog Motorcycles Closes 2007 Model YearWith Limited Edition K-9Limited to 100 units, the special chopper-style cruisers are stretched out, blacked out, and individually hand signed and numbered The individually numbered bikes start with #1. I

Here's a strange one. This revised Big Dog was added to the line-up last year. I saw one for the first time in Vegas. It's a good-looking motorcycle and it smacks of a marketing nightmare, the shit guys in boardrooms grapple with constantly. “We gotta build a touring bike,” Mr. Knife hollers across the vast

We were intrigued by this bike and reached out to the builder, Dar and Sam, from Brass Balls Bobbers. Dar builds tight, bobber styled bikes and decided to switch up and build a classic chopper. “Actually Bandit had a pal who built a bike very similar in ’71,” Wilburn Roach said. Wilburn is the Bikernet.com

EAST TROY, Wis. (January 21, 2008) – Imagine a motorcycle that is just as comfortable carving canyons as it is eating up miles of highway and back roads on a long distance tour. That kind of adventurous versatility is distinctly delivered by the 2008 Buell Ulysses XB12XT. The new Buell Ulysses XB12XT model was introduced

Every so often I receive 10 e-mails from Big Mike, or Mike and Wendy Rouse, of Big Mike’s Choppers. He always sends me 100 shots of his latest model, or a bike he build for Jack Daniels (which is feature on Bikernet). I’ve watched Mike grow to building seven models, two Bobbers, three Holligans and

MILWAUKEE (January 21, 2008) – The new Harley-Davidson FLSTSB Softail Cross Bones cuts the aggressive profile of an authentic custom bobber, but with some dark twists that deliver a wickedly fun and emotional riding experience. The new Softail model was announced today at the Harley-Davidson Winter Dealer Meeting in San Antonio. With the retro look